Combined armchair and bed



E. JANTSCH. COMBINED ARMCHAIR AND BED.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- H. 917. 1,346,206.

Patented July 13, 1920.

2 SHEEIS-SHEEI I- E. JANTSCH. COMBINED ARMCHAIR AND BED.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- H 1917- 1,346,206.

Patented July 13, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED ARMCHAIR AND BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1920.

Application filed October 11. 1917. Serial No. 195,960.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNST JAN'rsoH, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamdton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Armchairs and Beds, of which the following is a specification.

it is the object of my invention to provide an arm-chair of novel construction arranged to be converted into a bed, and which is arranged to occupy little space when used as an arm-chair, the parts for forming the bed being arranged under and in connection with the seat and back and arms of the chair in novel manner, and the invention will be further readily understood from the follow- :ing description and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved device in set-up relation as an armchair.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the seat and arm portions of the chair and the mattress portions of the bed in set-up relation as the same are located in the frame of the chair when set up as an arm-chair. V

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame of the chair, with the seat, arms, and mattress portions of the bed removed.

Fig. 1 is a central vertlcal sect1on of my improved device in set-up relation taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail in vertical section, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the arm -rest and back section of my improved device, taken on the line'G-(S of Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a central vertical section of my improved device, shown in set-up relation as a bed, the section being taken on a line corresponding to the line l4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a central vertical section of my improved device, with the movable parts in intermediate relation, the section belng taken on a line corresponding to the line ll of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the framework of the convertible section of my improved device, shown in intermediate relation similar to Fig. 8.

11 represents the frame-section of the arm-chair, and in the form shown, comprises sides 12, and a back 13, the sides being connected by a front strip 14:.

At the respective sides of the frame-section, at the inside rear portion thereof, runways 15 are located for the purpose to be presently described.

16 is a seatsection, theframework of which has sides 17 connected by a front strip 18 and a rear strip 19. The seat has a seatcushion 21 at its normal upper side and a mattress 22 at its normal lower side, which latter becomes the upper side when the device is used as a bed. I

The seat-section also comprises front finish-bars 61, preferably of wood, at the respective sides of said section. The normal front faces of the finish-bars-are preferably of pleasing contour and form a finish for the front of the seat-section and the armportions, when the device is used as an armchair. The "finish-bars comprise upward extensions 62, which extend above the normal level of the seat-surface and are received in front of the front ends of the arms of the arm-rest and back section 30, when the device is in set-up relation as an arm-chair. The finish-bars are provided with pintles 23 arranged to seat at the bottoms of grooves 24 in the inner faces of the sides 12 of the framesection. These grooves may be covered by a plate 20. The seat-section 16 and the parts connected therewith swing on these pintles when the device is being setup as a bed or being returned to set-up relation as an arm-chair.

25 is an end bed-section, forming a head bed-portion, which com arises sides 26 connected by cross-strips 2 7. Hinges 28 connect the sides 26 of the end bed-section with the sides 17 of the seat-section, at the normal front ends thereof, for hinging the end bedsection to the normal bottom of the seat, and so arranged that when the device is set up as an arm-chair, the end bed-section is received under the seat with its hinged end at the front of the chair, the end bed-section being received in rear of the front strip 14 of the frame-section.

When so arranged there is a space 63 between the bottom face of the end bed-section and the bottom 64 of the frame-section of the arm-chair, (see Figs. 4 and 5). This space may be utilized for the reception of bedding or the like.

Rollers 29 are provided at the normal rear end of the end bed-section, these rollers coacting with the runways 15, which extend preferably in curved form between the lower portion and upper end of the frame-section.

When the seat is swung on its pivots for arranging the device in bed form,the rollers 29fwill bethereby pushedrearwardly and upwardly along the runways upon shoulders 65, as shown in Fig. 7, so as to arrange the end bed-section in an upwardly slanting relation, with its rear edge on substantially a level with the top of the back 13 of the frame-section. The pockets act as retaining i means for aiding in retaining the end bedsection in its assumed positlon.

30 is an arm-rest and back section, which comprises a framework consisting, for instance, of front uprights 53, upper side ledges 56 and lower side-pieces 33 rigidly secured respectively to the upper and lower ends of said front uprights at each side of said framework, a rear upri ht 3d rigidly,

secured to said side ledge andside-piece at parts of the framework of the section being fastened, for instance to the rear cross-piece- 42 and the rear led e 58. V

:The arm-rest and back section further comprise inner side-cushions 38, and an inner rear cushion 45, which are continued upwardly and outwardly in roll-form for forming outwardlyextending arm-rests 36 and 37 extending outwardly above the upper edges of the sides 12 and back 13 of the frame-section, when the device is set up as an arm-chair. The downwardly extending sides and back of the arm-rest and back section are located inside the sides and back of the frame-section.

The sides 41 are hinged at their/normal lower ends to the normal rear ends of the sides 1'? of the seat by means of hinges d3.

he normal rear-face of the back, which becomes the top face when in set-up relation as 7 a bed, is provided with a mattress i l, which, when set up as a bed, becomes a continuation ofthe'mattress 22. The normal upper end of this mattress has the back-cushion d5 at its other side, being the rear cushion of the arm portion of the chair,while the nor-. mal lower end of the mattress i4 is free to extend below the back-cushion l5 between the seat-section and the rear ofthe framesection when in normal position.

There is a gusset 46 between the normal lower end of the back-section and the normal' rear end of the seat-section. Flexible connections 47', for instance in the form of The sides, back and arm-rests of the arm stated, and the seat is swung into vertical position, the arm-restand back section being then drawn forwardly and placed in vertical position on thefioor, whereby the mattresses ie and 22 are brought into correlated horizontal positions so as to form the mattress of the bed in conjunction with the mattress 50- of the end bed-section.

The front ends ofthe sides of the armrest and back section of the chair, which become the lower ends of said section when set up as a bed, are provided with knobs 52, which serve as feet for said arm-rest and back section when the device is used as a bed. These feet are arranged to be received inrecesses 54: in the rear faces of the upward ex ensions 62 of the seat section, when the device is in set-up relation as an arm-chair, the relations of the parts being clearly shown by comparison of Figs. 4;, 7 ,8 and9, The portions of the arm-rest and backseo' tion which find support on the floor, and are thereby liableto become'marred, are hidden from view, when the device 18 set up as an arm-chair, by having the upward extensions 62 of the finislrbars 61 received in front of the same. V

VVhen the sections are in normal relation as an arm-chair, the upper side ledges 56 and the rear ledge 58 of the arm-rest and back section are preferably supported on the tops of the sides 12 andba'ck 13 of the frame-section. The rear end of the seat-section is preferably supported on shoulders 66, provided adjacent to the lower ends of the runways l5, and the rear end of the" end bed-section is preferably independently supported, as by having the rollers 29 receive support on shoulders 67 at the lower ends of said runways. The crushing of the cushion-parts, which are superposed when the device is set up'as anarm-chair, is thus avoided.

The sides of the arm-rest and back section, the seat-section and end bed-section,

when the device is in set-up relation as an arm-chair, are received within the sides and back of the frame-section, the front finish members or bars being received in front of the front ends of the sides of thearm-rest and back section, forming a practical continuation of the contour of the front ends of the sides of the frame-section for presenting the finished ap ",earance of an unconvertible arm-chair. V c I Having thus fully described my invention, what'l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: V I p i 1. In a combined arm-chair and bed, the

comprising forwardly extending sides as rigid portions of said back-section, the front ends of said forwardly extending sides normally located adjacent to said pivot-connection, floor-supports at the normal front ends of said sides, the normal lower end of said back section and the normal rear end of said seatsection hinged together at their mattress-faces, said seat-section and back section arranged to be swung for positioning said mattresses in end-to-end relation with the normally forward end of said seat-section supported on said pivot-connection and with said sides of said back-section eXtending downwardly and supported on said floor-supports, and a tension-member between said hinged ends of said sections at their faces opposite their said mattress-faces forming supporting means for said hinged ends.

2. Ina combined arm-chair and bed, the combination of a frame-section comprising two sides and a back forming three walls and having an opening at its front, and a convertible section movable in said opening, said convertible section comprisinga seatsection having a seat-cushion at one face thereof and a? mattress at the otherface thereof; an arm-rest and back section comprising aback portion and forwardly eX- tcnding side portions forming three walls received between said three walls of said frame-section, said arm-rest and back section hinged. to one end of said seatsection and comprising inner cushioned walls at said three walls thereof extending above said seat-section, said forwardly extending side portions being rigid with said back portion, said second-named three walls providcd with outwardly extending top-cushions normally extending outwardly over said first-named three walls of said framesection and a mattress at the rear of said back-wall; and an end bed-section hinged to the other end of said seat-section, and provided with a mattress; said seat-section pivoted to the forward part of said framesection and arranged to be reversed thereon, said forwardly extending side portions of said arm-rest and back section normally located with their forward ends adjacent to said pivot, and means whereby said armrest and back section and said end bed-section are caused to simultaneously move in opposite directions when said seat-section is reversed for positioning their mattresses upwardly at the respective ends of said mattress of said seat-section, and with said rigid side portions extending downwardly from said mattress on said arm-rest and back sec-V tion toward the floor, substantially as described.

3. In a combined arm-chair and bed, the combination of a frame-section comprising two sides and a back forming an inclosing wall having an opening at its front, and a convertible section comprising a seat-section pivoted to said frame-section at the normal front portion of said seat-section, said seatsection having a seat-cushion at one face thereof and a bed-surface at the other face thereof; an arm-rest and back section comprising upwardly extending sides and back provided with forward outward projections at their normally forward ends, which projections constitute floor-supports when the device is arranged as a bed, and a bed-surface at the rear of said back, said lastnamed section hinged at its normal lower rear end to the normal rear end of said seatsection; and an end bed-section normally received under said seat-section and compris ing a bed-surface; said end bed-section and. seat-section hinged together at their normal front ends, and said seat-section provided with parts received about said outward projections at the normally forward ends of said armrest and back section when said sections are in normal positions.

4. In a combined arm-chair and bed, the combination of a frame-section, and a convertible section, said convertible section comprising a seat-section provided with aseat-cushion at one face thereof and a mattress at the other face thereof, and an arm-.

rest and back-section comprising sides and a back normally extending above said seatsection and a mattress at the normal rear face thereof, the normal front ends of said sides comprising floor-supports, the normal lower end of said arm-rest and back section and the normal rear end of said seatsection hinged together, the normal front end of said seat-section being provided with upwardly extending finish-parts received in front of said floor-supports when said convertible section is in set-up relation as an arm-chair, and said mattresses arranged in end-to-end relation as a bed when said convertible section is in set-up relation as a bed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNST JANTS CH.

lVitnesses:

G. S. HAwKn, THERESA M. SILBIJR. 

